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January 2014

January 30, 2014

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the Paper Smooches February release with you! FOUR new stamps and EIGHT new dies will be available to purchase at 12:01am, Eastern time...on February 1st. There will be an Anniversary celebration at the Paper Smooches blog on February 1st, so please stop by and celebrate with us! You will find our new releases HERE

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize!

FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog

The prize - a $25. gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store.

Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed below or the PS blog for your chance to win! (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it increases your changes)

You have until midnight MT on Sunday, February 2nd to leave a comment.

Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, February 3rd to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.

(which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog)

For my card, I used the new Mini Monograms set! I can never get enough of Kim's fonts, and I especially love this smaller sized alphabet! I embossed the letters onto die cut balloons (I may or may not have used a new Paper Smooches die set ((wink))...so stay tuned to the Paper Smooches Blog for more info on that)!

January 27, 2014

Happy Monday, friends! We had a relaxing and laid back weekend. Lucas has fiiiiinally decided to sleep a little! Aaahhhh! :-) I really can't complain (too awful much) as even when he doesn't sleep, he is just the happiest guy around! Me, on the other hand...not so happy. LOL! On top of getting a little bit of sleep, I was able to spend a little time in my stamp room! It doesn't get much better than that!

My Poppy Birthday set (from Verve) has been sitting un inked entirely too long! This truly is my favorite Verve flower set (and that's really saying something)! Because I didn't know how long Lucas would sleep, I decided to keep my card more on the simple side.

I wanted the flowers to really pop, so I chose a dark gray background. I cut the poppy shapes out using the Build a Poppy Die set (also from Verve) and then stamped the coordinating stamp images on them. I noticed that the Poppy Birthday set is temporarily out of stock, but the website said there should be more coming early February. Yay! The sentiment is stamped on white cardstock (die cut using the Sweet Scallop Die) and popped up a little for added dimension.

January 25, 2014

Hi friends! Any big plans this weekend? Lucas is in middle of a growth spurt, so I am feeding him every 30 seconds (LOL!)...so no going anywhere for me! The boys were skiing all day yesterday so I think they will appreciate having a relaxing day as well.

I thought I would share some Paper Smooches projects with you today. They've been shared over at the Paper Smooches blog, but I thought that I would share them here as well. :-)

My first card features stamps from the Captured Moments set. I used one of my favorite photo of Lucas, and turned this into a photo card. I love this photo because it captured his everyday smile! I just love how he smiles with his whole face like that! He truly is the happiest, giggliest baby ever! :-)

January 24, 2014

Mmmm, mmmm! That is how I describe this new collection! Fabulous stars, trendy triangles, and delicious Bella colors = one amazing new collection!

Here are some cards that I created for the Bella Blvd CHA booth using this new collection...

For my card, I combined some of my favorite elements from this new collection!The gorgeous colors and fun patterns make this one of my favorite Bella Collections to date!I layered on a tag and heart (that I created using patterned paper) over an Oyster Feather.I then added a Candid Card, sticker form the new Trinkets sheet, and some ribbon.

As soon as I saw all of the delicious star patterned papers, I knew I wanted to create a rainbow card!I layered on five of the star patterned papers (cut into strips).I added a new Candid Card for the focal image.

I absolutely love the bright, trendy colors included in this new collection!I also love that there are some neutral colored papers included as well…they really make the other colors pop (like the black with white confetti)!I added lots of coordinating papers and accessories to create this multi layered card, with a couple of the Candid Cards for the focal image.

I started with the trendy triangle pattern (Bell Pepper Starz sheet) for the background.I layered some vellum over it so that the alpha stickers and embellishments would really stand out.The rosette was created using a strip of the Surf N Turf Starz paper.I just love these colors together!

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